School Notebook Weekly Calendar Highlights and Activities
Local schools list weekly events including holidays, parent meetings, student assemblies, charity drives, book fairs, and special programs. Notable items include Martin Luther King Jr. Day closures, GREAT programs for grades three to five, Just Say No for younger students, and various school-wide assemblies and family nights.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Sanders and
Salcido
Marquez
Hernandez
Ortega
Pinkstaff
Fire Department
Burleson Elementary
Burleson
Burnet
Rosson
CIT
Hood Junior High
McReader
Cavazos
Wling
Gale Pond
Alamo
Grizzly
Guerry
Martin Luther
Pal Program Lights Up Old Town Elementary Science Lab
At Old Town Elementary nine parents, all teachers for the day, join first graders in the science lab to guide hands on activities in a PAL program. Susan Spiller and Carol Whitlock describe flowery vegetables while students explore rhubarb eggplant broccoli and herbs. A $2000 grant funds lab equipment as parents plan three labs per grade level this year.
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Susan Spiller
Old Town
Spiller
Sylvia
Carol Whitlock
Old Town Elementary
PHS teacher garners UIL recognition
Permian High School drama teacher Missy Head named one of 15 top UIL coaches in Texas. Principal Brian Rosson nominated her. Head, a 16 year veteran, will receive a 1000 dollar check and plaque at ECISD board meeting.
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UIL
University Interscholastic League
Permian High School
Missy Head
Head
Odessa High School
Randy Vonderheid
PHS
Brian Rosson
Rosson
Blair
Amy Pittman
Amy
Ector County School Board
ECISD
Jack and the Beanstalk Becomes Rich From Magic Beans
A poor widow and her son Jack trade their milk cow Milky White for magic beans. Overnight a giant beanstalk grows, leading Jack to a towering ogre's home. He steals gold, escapes down the beanstalk, and wins fortune for his mother.
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Milky White
Jack
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Glass
Missy Permian High School